Water/Wastewater
Farmers receive £11 million grant to reduce wastewater
Aug 19 2010
The money comes from Capital Grant Funding and is aimed at improving the quality of water used by farmers.
It is intended to address issues such as slurry and silage stores, farm tracks and fencing of watercourses, as well as guttering and drainage.
The scheme operates through the Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative and officer Charlotte Woodford said she is "delighted" with the amount of money put into improving water quality in the south-west.
Farmers in the region have consistently received 50 per cent of the national budget towards reducing water pollution.
There is still a problem concerning wastewater in the UK and last month a production company in Lincolnshire was found guilty of pumping food deposits into a watercourse behind its factory.
Bakkavor Foods was forced to pay £8,000 for polluting the stream which leads into the River Fleet.
Posted by Claire Manning
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